GURGAON: An AI engineer allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death inside his PG accommodation in Gurgaon before dying by suicide by jumping in front of a train, police said on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Shreshth Malik (25), a resident of Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, and his girlfriend Ishara Ayubi (25), who hailed from Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. Both were employed with the same private company in Gurgaon, while Shreshth Malik was staying in a PG accommodation in Sector 55.The incident came to light after Ayubi’s family approached the Sector 56 police station on Saturday when they were unable to contact her.Acting on the complaint, police tracked her mobile phone’s location to Malik’s PG accommodation in Sector 55. After neighbours told them they were unaware of any unusual activity, police opened the room and discovered the two bodies.Police found Ayubi’s body lying in a pool of blood inside the room, with blood splattered across the premises. Preliminary investigation suggested she had been stabbed to death. A forensic science laboratory (FSL) team later examined the scene and collected evidence.During the investigation, police learnt that the Government Railway Police (GRP) had earlier recovered the body of a man from the railway tracks near Garhi railway station. The body had been severed into two after being run over by a train.Police identified the deceased as Malik through the mobile phone recovered from him, establishing a link between the two cases.According to news agency PTI, preliminary investigation revealed that Ayubi had moved into Malik’s PG accommodation just three days before the incident. “We are investigating every aspect of the case. The nature of the relationship between the two individuals and the reasons behind the incident would only be revealed once the investigation is complete.” “The police are also examining their mobile phones, call details, chats and other technical evidence. An FIR of murder has been registered and further investigation is underway,” Sector-56 SHO Inspector Manoj Kumar said. (With agency inputs)
